Turkey recap

Little Aleppo’s long goodbye: Young Syrians in Adana think twice about moving ‘home’

ADANA—A long, narrow, color-splashed street gets bustling as the sun sets.

Dec 8, 2025 • Nimet Kıraç

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1,736 deaths and rising: What’s driving workplace fatalities in Turkey

ALIAĞA—The anger is palpable in Aliağa, a heavy industrial hub on Turkey’s Aegean coast.

Dec 2, 2025 • Wouter Massink and Daniel Thorpe

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November 2025

Impunity and rising gun sales: What’s fueling violence against women in Turkey

ISTANBUL—A retro computer screen on a violet background, an error system alert and a sign reading: “Women will fix this system.”

Nov 24, 2025 • Futura D'Aprile

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Unaccounted: Families are still searching for people who went missing on Feb. 6, 2023

HATAY—Cemile İncili remembers being trapped after the first earthquake on Feb.

Nov 17, 2025 • Anna Montraveta Riu and Laia Palau Biel

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PKK peace prospects open southeast Turkey to mining and new displacement concerns

DIYARBAKIR — The village of Kurşunlu (Pirejman in Kurdish) is settled high up in the mountains to the north of Diyarbakır.

Nov 10, 2025 • Daniel Thorpe and Wouter Massink

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Disputes with EU states complicate Turkey’s role in defense loan program

ANKARA — Turkey-EU relations have seen many ups and downs over the years, but defense cooperation has been a constant through line.

Nov 4, 2025 • Diego Cupolo

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October 2025

'My existence will be illegal': LGBTQ community vilified by Turkish draft law

ISTANBUL — When Florence Konstantina Delight talks about their childhood, the stories are primarily about bullying, abuse and hatred.

Oct 21, 2025 • Johanna Sagmeister

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September 2025

Canal or not: Istanbul’s northern green belt is getting built over fast

ISTANBUL — On a Saturday morning, in Istanbul’s usually quiet northwest, the two-lane road between Lake Terkos and the Sazlıdere Dam is bustling.

Sep 22, 2025 • Wouter Massink

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Selective prosecution: Lawyers under pressure in Turkey’s ‘dual justice system’

The ongoing pressure on lawyers has deepened distrust in Turkey’s politicized judicial system, which opposition politicians claim targets dissidents…

Sep 15, 2025 • Çınar Özer

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Inside the violent clashes for CHP’s Istanbul headquarters

ISTANBUL — The Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul headquarters is in an unlikely place, on the edge of town, surrounded by high-rise residential…

Sep 9, 2025 • Daniel Thorpe

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August 2025

Between containers and TOKI flats: Quake survivors await relocation in southern Turkey

HATAY — Everyone from Guvenç, a village in the mountains of Turkey’s Hatay province, has been living in a container camp since the earthquakes on Feb…

Aug 26, 2025 • Anna Montraveta Riu and Laia Palau Biel

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Syrians are leaving Turkey unsure of what awaits them

DAMASCUS — The midday sun blazes down on the ruins of Jobar on the outskirts of Damascus, where Zakaria walks through the wreckage, weapon over his…

Aug 12, 2025 • Daniel Thorpe and Andrea Lazzaroni

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